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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mobile view”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “mobile view”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 27821 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #1 2 WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 View Transitions 10K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5039) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 MOBILOOK — Mobile View & Mobile‑Friendly Test 1K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Quick View For WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections 4K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 YITH WooCommerce Quick View 80K+ · 3.8★ (27) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 CP Multi View Events Calendar 900+ · 4.3★ (46) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Page View Count 10K+ · 4.0★ (55) wp.org #21 22 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 QODE Quick View for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.